Now, two lawsuits filed last fall are challenging the Shutdown Law's constitutionality.

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Parents and teenagers with a Korean organization representing culture filed one lawsuit, which contests that the law invades parental rights to educate their own children as well as equal opportunity rights.

Korean game companies, such as NCsoft, Neowiz, and Nexon, also filed in a separate suit, stating that the Shutdown Law is unjust.

Both arguments are now being heard, and if the court decides that the Shutdown Law is unconstitutional, the law will not be enforced. This will set a legal precedent in South Korea.

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Meanwhile, the country's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family recently stated that the Shutdown Law is the bare minimum to protect teenagers. Anyone know the Korean for "nanny state"?